Your correspondent Andy Winter (October 16) is incorrect that I am proposing to legalise cannabis.
What I have called for is a relaxation on the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, under prescription.
It is clear to me that for some people, cannabis has clear medicinal benefits, and indeed benefits that they have been unable to secure from other prescribed drugs.
After all, we regularly use opioids within the NHS and no-one seems to regard that as controversial.
It is in my view heartless to deny people treatment that will improve their health, and indeed to make them into criminals if they source the substance themselves.
This is a completely separate argument as to whether cannabis should be legalised for recreational purposes.
Norman Baker,
Lewes MP
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